Letter from Matilde Calderón de Kahlo to her daughter Frida Kahlo, August 15, 1932 Letter from Matilde Calderón de Kahlo to her daughter Frida Kahlo, August 15, 1932 (page 1 of 2)
Matilde Calderón de Kahlo1932
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Washington, D.C., United States
Mexico
August 15, 1932
Mi niña encantadora (My charming little girl),
I’ll never be able to explain the wonderful sensation that I felt when I heard your voice so clearly and so well that it seemed as though you were right at my side. I gave thanks to God and to the man who discovered the power to speak over such a long distance. My words to you are nothing compared to the enormity of the feeling I experienced, for the first time in my life. That same day and at the same time we received the photographs that you sent. Of course, everybody wanted one so I had to give some of them away.
On Sunday, Mr. Allé came with his wife and children and I showed them the pictures. They liked one of Diego very much, and they took it with them.
El compadre (friend) from Ixtacalco was here as well. He says that the new tax bills arrived, and the taxes total thirty-five pesos. Tell me if I should take care of it.
- Title: Letter from Matilde Calderón de Kahlo to her daughter Frida Kahlo, August 15, 1932 Letter from Matilde Calderón de Kahlo to her daughter Frida Kahlo, August 15, 1932 (page 1 of 2)
- Creator: Matilde Calderón de Kahlo, Matilde Calderón de Kahlo
- Date Created: 1932, 1932
- Location Created: Mexico, Mexico
- Original Language: Spanish, Spanish
- Type: Document, Document
- Rights: Nelleke Nix and Marianne Huber Collection: The Frida Kahlo Papers; National Museum of Women in the Arts Library & Research Center, Nelleke Nix and Marianne Huber Collection: The Frida Kahlo Papers; National Museum of Women in the Arts Library & Research Center
- External Link: National Museum of Women in the Arts, National Museum of Women in the Arts
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